An open letter to Sachin

Your name needs no further glory or titles or salutations, no further odes need be written or no more hymns be sung in your name to express this country’s love for you. For what else can the faithful do for the revered one other than tell him at his ‘weakest’ moment, to think before he bats in an innings that could possibly change the course of his life and his very being. And I hope you trust this country enough to be your truest mirror. With no fear or prejudice I hold a mirror unto you and I hope you are able to see it clearly, just like the way we all do.

You are a champion and your willow needs to be raised in the hallowed grounds of this country and beyond, not in either house of parliament as yet. And once you hang your gloves, we wish to see you augment, tutor and metamorphosing the next generation into Sachins. We want to see you inspiring the weakest and crafting them to be stalwarts. We do not wish to see you succumb to the deviousness of another world, which would eternally remain alien to a true sportsman like yourself. Let them continue with their game and you continue yours, honestly and justly. By, joining hands with them, what you earned in the last 23 years will be relinquished in less than 24 hours, there will be no going back.

And you Sachin are an honorable man and they think they are all honorable men; they are largely not. Your name will be used to fulfill a singular purpose; of adding much needed ‘honor’. And do not let your judgment flee to brutish beasts nor must you allow yourself to lose your reason at this substantial time of yours. Politics is not your game; you have remained apolitical and impressed upon us thus. Let your ambitions not take flight into the nadirs of a murky game, let it forever remain at the zenith of this country’s trust in you. And in you we place our trust to take the right decision.

We do not wish to see you being used as a pawn, bait or simply as the twelfth man carrying bottles and towels for the mighty and the powerful. We wish to see you in command and not taking their bite, no, don’t ever succumb to it; they will play you to your weakness and ours too. If you wish to do any good for this country, please do so, in your own capacity and without associating yourself with the tarnished. The ship is sinking and you are being desperately sought after to hold it afloat. Should this be a valid reason for why you would like to take the political plunge? One hopes not. You have a lot of time, at 39, you have only but begun to see and with time by your side, I am sure that you will find your calling at an opportune moment. Continue to love the game, this country and all your fans that stand by you, but, trust only a few. As Albert Einstein once famously said – Try not to become a man of success alone but rather try to become a man of value. And we value you.

In parting, I would just like to add one more point, you don’t need to be conferred with an official award to establish the fact that you are indeed a gem of this country. May you always remain a precious gem, for in the other game that one hopes you never get to play, rubble is glorified and pebbles classified as diamonds.

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Sharmila Ravinder is a qualified Accountant with a Finance background and has spent a good part of her life studying and working in India and Australia. She observes the dynamics of this versatile world and its effect on our day-to-day lives. She writes about the changing social, political and cultural climate in India and abroad. She immensely enjoys engaging in debates that encourage multiple narratives. A passionate animal lover, an avid traveller and a movie buff, she gleefully pens her thoughts in prose and sometimes in poetry too. A cat lover and always on the prowl, she has a keen eye for ordinary and extraordinary issues. She also blogs on www.sharmilasays.wordpress.com
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Sharmila Ravinder is a qualified Accountant with a Finance background and has spent a good part of her life studying and working in India and Australia. She observes the dynamics of this versatile world and its effect on our day-to-day lives. She writes about the changing social, political and cultural climate in India and abroad. She immensely enjoys engaging in debates that encourage multiple narratives. A passionate animal lover, an avid traveller and a movie buff, she gleefully pens her thoughts in prose and sometimes in poetry too. A cat lover and always on the prowl, she has a keen eye for ordinary and extraordinary issues. She also blogs on www.sharmilasays.wordpress.com
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